Rank and Service Abbreviations
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- actg. Bombardier/acting Bombardier
- actg. Commandant/acting Commandant
- actg. Conductor/acting Conductor
- actg. Deputy Asst. Commissary Gen./acting Deputy Assistant Commissary General
- actg. Lance-Corpl./acting Lance-Corporal
- actg. Lance-Sergt./acting Lance-Sergeant
- actg. Magazine Sergt./acting Magazine Sergeant, Ordnance Department
- actg. Sergt./acting Sergeant
- actg. Sergt.-Maj./acting Sergeant-Major
- actg. Sub Conductor/acting Subordinate Conductor [Commassariat, Ordnance]
- Adjt./Adjutant
- Adjt.-Gen./Adjutant-General
- A.D.C./Aide-de-Camp
- Afghan Field Force
- Agency Surg. [Agency Surgeon]
- Agent
- Apothecary
- Apprentice Apothecary
- Armourer
- Armourer Sergt./Armourer Sergeant
- Armstrong Armourer
- Armstrong Armourer Sergt./Armstrong Armourer Sergeant
- Army Medical Department
- Army Signaller
- Army Veterinary Department
- Asst. Agent, Governor General, Baluchistan/Assistant Agent, Governor General, Baluchistan
- Asst. Adjt.-Gen./Assistant Adjutant-General
- Asst. Adjt.-Gen., Reserve List/Assistant Adjutant-General, Reserve List
- Asst. Agent/Assistant Agent [serving with C.S. superior officer in a region or territory]
- Asst. Apothecary/Assistant Apothecary
- Asst. Chaplain, Church of England, Bengal Ecclisiastical Establistment/Assistant Chaplain, Church of England, Bengal Ecclisiastical Establishment
- Asst. Commissary Gen./Assistant Commissary General
- Asst. Commissary of Ordnance/Assistant Commissary of Ordnance]
- Asst. Commissioner/Assistant Commissioner [geographical area]
- Asst. Controller Gen./Assistant Controller General
- Asst. Engineer/Assistant Engineer
- Asst. Field Engineer/Assistant Field Engineer {R.E.]
- Asst. Field Transport Officer/Assistant Field Transport Officer
- Asst. Political Officer/Assistant Political Officer [Civil Service]
- Asst. Qr.-Mr. Gen./Assistant Quarter-Master General
- Asst. Superintendent/Assistant Superintent
- Asst. Superintendent, Bengal Police/Assistant Superintendent, Bengal Police
- Asst. Superintendent of Telegraph/Assistant Superintendent of Telegraph (Khyber Line)]
- Asst. Superintendent of Telegraphs Department/Assistant Superintenden,t Telegraph Department
- Asst. Superintendent of Transport/Assistant Superintendent of Transport
- Asst. Surg./Assistant Surgeon
- Attached [to a regiment, Brigade, or Department]
- Baluchistan Agency
- Band Major
- Band Master
- Band Master Sergt./Band Master Sergeant
- Band Sergt./Band Sergeant
- Barrack Sergt./Barrack Sergeant
- Base Hospital
- Batt./Battery
- Batt. Qr.-Mr. Sergt./Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant
- Batt. Sergt.-Maj./Battery Sergeant-Major
- Bazaar Sergt./Bazaar Sergeant
- Bde. Maj./Brigade Major
- Bde. Sergt./Brigade Sergeant
- Bde. Surg./Brigade Surgeon
- Bde. Transport Officer/Brigade Transport Officer
- Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment
- Bengal Cavalry
- Bengal Infantry
- Bengal Medical Department
- Bengal Police
- Bhopal Battn./Bhopal Battalion [Bombay Staff Corps]
- Bombardier
- Bombardier Collar Maker
- Bombardier Wheeler
- Bombay Cavalry
- Bombay Commissiariat Dept./Bombay Commissiariat Department
- Bombay Ecclesiastical Establishment
- Bombay Infantry
- Bombay Medical Department
- Bombay Ordnance Department
- Brig.-Gen./Brigadier-General
- Bt./Brevet (preceding rank)
- Bugle Major
- Bugler
- Candahar State Railway
- Capt./Captain
- Carpenter
- Carriage Smith
- Cavalry Bde./Cavalry Brigade
- Chaplain [Wesleyan and Presbyterian Troops]
- Chaplain [Church of Scotland; Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment]
- Chief Commissariat Officer
- Chief Director of Transport
- Chief of the Staff [to Commander of Force, or Divivision]
- Chief of Staff of the Army of India
- Chief Political Officer
- Chief Political Officer, Northern and Eastern Afghanistan
- Cit./cited, citation, citations
- Clerk Orderly Room (see Orderly Room Clerk)
- Coast Brigade R.A./Coast Brigade Royal Artillery
- Col./Colonel
- Collar Maker
- Collar Maker Sergt./Collar Maker Sergeant
- Colour-Sergt./Colour-Sergeant
- Commandant
- Commanding [a regt.]
- Commissariat Department [British Army, Bengal, Madras, Bombay; Division, Field Force]
- Commissariat Godowns
- Commissariat Sergt./Commissariat Sergeant
- Commissariat Stores
- Commissary Gen./Commissary General
- Commissary Subordinate
- Commissary of Ordnance
- Commissioner [attached to a Division; Civil Service Officer]
- Conductor [Ordnance Department; Commissariat Stores]
- Consulting Engineer, Government of India, State Railways
- Controller General of Supply and Transport
- Corpl./Corporal
- Corpl./Collar Maker/Corporal Collar Maker
- Corps of Armourers
- Corps of Sappers and Miners (Queen’s Own) [R.E.; Army, Bengal, Madras, Bombay]
- Deputy Adjt. Gen./Deputy Adjutant General
- Deputy Asst. Adjt./Deputy Assistant Adjutant
- Deputy Asst. Commissary Gen./Deputy Assistant Commissary General
- Deputy Asst. Qr.-Mr. Gen./Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General
- Deputy Commissioner
- Deputy Judge Advocate [to Field Force]
- Deputy Superintendent of Revenue Service
- Deputy Surg.-Gen./Deputy Surgeon-General
- Director of Transport
- District Superintendent (Police)
- Div./Division
- Divisional Field Hospital
- Divisional Provost
- Divisional Transport
- Dressing Station [Army, Bengal, Madras, Bombay Medical Departments]
- Driver
- Drum Major
- Drummer
- doing duty [serving with a Division, Regiment, Brigade, etc., on a temporary assignment]
- Ecclesiastical Department [British Army, Indian Army (Bengal, Madras, Bombay)]
- Engineer in Chief [R.E.]
- Engineer in Chief, Kurram Railway Survey [R.E.]
- Executive Commissariat Officer
- Executive Engineer, D.P. Works, State Railways [Executive Engineer, Department of Public Works, State Railways]
- Extra A.D.C./Extra Aide-de-Camp [to a superior officer]
- Farrier
- Farrier Maj./Farrier Major
- Farrier Sergt./Farrier Sergeant
- Fencing Instr./Fencing Instructor
- Field Engineer Park
- Field Hospital
- Field Hospital Transport
- Field Post Master
- Fife Major
- First Trumpeter
- Gen. List/General List [commanding Regt. or Division in a Presidentcy]
- Geological Survey of India
- Ghazni Field Force
- Gunner [R.A.]
- Head Clerk
- Head Intelligence Department
- Head of Political Department in Afghanistan
- Hon. Bde. Surg./Honarary Brigade Surgeon
- Hospital Asst./Hospital Assistant
- Hospital Apothecary
- Hospital Apprentice
- Hospital Bde. Surg./Hospital Brigade Surgeon
- Hospital Officer
- Hospital Sergt./Hospital Sergeant
- Hospital Surg.-Maj./Hospital Surgeon-Major
- Hyderabad Contingent
- Indian Medical Department [Bengal, Madras, Bombay]
- Indian Medical Service
- Inspector Commissariat Department
- Inspector/Inspecting Vet. Surg./Inspector/Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon
- Instr. of Fencing/Instructor of Fencing
- Instr. of Musketry/Instructor of Musketry
- Intelligence Branch
- Interpreter
- Judge Advocate
- Junior Chaplain
- Kabul Field Force
- Kabul-Kandahar Field Force
- Kandahar Survey Department [R.E.]
- Khyber Bde. Field Force/Khyber Brigade Field Force
- Khyber Column
- Khyber Field Force
- Khyber Line
- Khyber Line Force
- Kurram Line
- Kurram Valley Column
- Kurram Valley Field Force
- Lance-Corpl./Lance-Corporal
- Lance-Sergt./Lance-Sergeant
- Lieut./Lieutenant
- Local [preceding rank temporarily held on duty]
- Local Lieut./Local Lieutenant
- Local Maj./Local Major
- Local Brig.-Gen./Local Brigadier-General
- Lt.-Col./Lieutenant-Colonel
- Lt.-Gen./Lieutenant-General
- Madras Artillery
- Madras Cavalry
- Madras Commissariat Depar./Madras Commissariat Department
- Madras Establishment
- Madras Medical Department
- Magazine Sergt./Magazine Sergeant [Ordnance Department]
- Maj./Major
- Maj.-Gen./Major-General
- Medical Department [British Army, Bengal, Madras, Bombay]
- North West [Frontier] Province Police [Transport Department]
- Northern/North Afghanistan Field Force
- Northern Afghanistan Field Park [R.E.]
- Office Clerk
- Officiating Agency Surg./Officiating Agancy Surgeon
- Officiating Apothecary
- Officiating Asst. Apothecary/Officiating Assistant Apothecary
- Officiating Asst. Commissary Gen./Officiating Assistant Commissary General
- Officiating Commandant
- Officiating Conductor [Commissariat Department]
- Officiating Deputy Asst. Qr.-Mr.-Gen./Officiating Deputy Quarter-Master-General
- Officiating Deputy Commissary General
- Officiating Deputy Surg.-Gen./Officiating Deputy Surgeon General
- Officiating Director
- Officiating Magazine Sergt./Officiating Magazine Sergeant
- Officiating Qr.-Mr./Officiating Quarter-Master
- Officiating Squadron Officer
- Officiating Sub Conductor/Officiating Subordinate Conductor
- Officiating Surg./Officiating Surgeon
- Officiating Superintendent Telegraph Department
- Officiating Surg.-Maj./ Officiating Surgeon-Major
- Officiating 2nd Class Apothecary
- Officiating Commandant
- Orderly
- Orderly Officer [serving a superior officer]
- Orderly Room Clerk
- Orderly Room Sergt./Orderly Room Sergeant
- Ordnance Department [of Division, Army]
- Ordnance Depot
- Ordnance Field Park
- Park Conductor
- Park Sergt./Park Sergeant [R.A.]
- Passed Hospital Apprentice
- Passed Hospital Asst./Passed Hospital Assistant
- Paymaster
- Paymaster Capt./Paymaster Captain
- Paymaster Lieut./Paymaster Lieutenant
- Paymaster Sergt./Paymaster Sergeant
- Permanent Conductor [Ordnance]
- Peshawar Valley Field Force
- Pioneer
- Pioneer Sergt./Pioneer Sergeant [R.E.]
- Pipe Major
- Piper
- Piper-Major
- Pishin Moveable Column
- Political Agent [followed by region, territory]
- Political Department, Southern India
- Political Officer
- Police Department [Bengal, Madras, Bombay]
- Police Officer [to a Regt., Div., Force]
- Political Department
- Postmaster
- Principal Commissariat Officer
- Principal/Chief Commissariat Officer
- Principal Medical Officer [of a Field Force]
- Principal Superintendent of Stores [Military Stores Department]
- Principal Vet. Surg./Principal Veterinary Surgeon
- Private
- Probationary Sergt./Probationer Sergeant
- Probationary Squadron Officer
- Probationer [preceding Rank, Staff or Regt.]
- Provisional actg. Bombardier/Provisional acting Bombardier [ R.A.]
- Provisional Lance-Corpl./Provisional Lance-Corporal
- Provisional Lance-Sergt./Provisional Lance-Sergeant
- Provisional Sergt./Provisional Sergeant
- Provisionally [preceding or following Staff or Regt.]
- Provost Marshall
- Punjab Chiefs’ Contingent
- Punjab Line Force
- Qr.-Mr./Quarter-Master
- Qr.-Mr. Gen./Quarter-Master General
- Qr.-Mr. Sergt./Quarter-Master Sergeant
- Quetta Field Force
- R.A. Field Park/Royal Artillery Field Park
- Regt. Sergt.-Maj./Regimental Sergeant-Major
- Regt. Transport Officer/Regimental Transport Officer
- Remount Est./Remount Establishment
- Reserve Div./Reserve Division
- Reserve Officer
- Reserve Transport [Regimental Transport]
- Riding Est./Riding Establishment [R.A.]
- Riding Master
- Road Commandant
- Royal Cavalry
- Saddler Sergt./Saddler Sergeant
- Sappers and Miners [R.E. and Presidentcies]
- Senior Apothecary
- Senior Chaplain
- Senior Medical Officer
- Sergt./Sergeant
- Sergt. Collar Maker/Sergeant Collar Maker [also Collar Maker Sergeant]
- Sergt. Comdr. of Stores/Sergeant Commander of Stores
- Sergt. Commissariat Department [Sergeant with Commissariat Department]
- Sergt.-Farrier/Sergeant-Farrier
- Sergt. Instr. of Fencing/Sergeant Instructor of Fencing
- Sergt. Instr. of Musketry/Sergeant Instructor of Musketry
- Sergt.-Maj./Sergeant-Major
- Sergt. Master Tailor/Sergeant Master Tailor
- Sergt. Wheeler/Sergeant Wheeler [Artillery]
- Shoeing Smith
- Signal Corps
- Signaller
- Southern Afghanistan Field Force
- Squadron
- Squadron Commander
- Squadron Officer [Cavalry]
- Staff Officer
- Staff Paymaster
- Store Sergt./Store Sergeant [Ordnance Departments]
- Sub Asst. Commissary Gen./Subordinate Assistant Commissary General [Commissariat Department]
- Sub Conductor/Subordinate Conductor [followed by Department, Regiment, Force, Division, etc.]
- Sub Hospital Charge [followed by Section of Hospital]
- Sub Lieut./Subordinate Lieutenant
- Sub Medical Department [Subordinate Medical Department], Bengal, Madras, Bombay
- Superintendent [followed by branch, office, dept., etc.]
- Superintendent of Army Signalling
- Superintentent of Post Offices, Baluchistan
- Superintendent of Post Offices, Kabul
- Superintending {R.E.]
- Supertending Communications
- Suply Engineer [R.E.]
- Surg./Surgeon
- Surg.-Gen./Surgeon-General
- Surg.-Maj./Surgeon-Major
- Survey Department [Survey of India; staffed by civilians]
- Survey of India
- Telegraph Department
- Telegraph Operator
- Temporary Commissary [Ordnance]
- Temporary Conductor [Ordnance]
- Temporary Conductor Department [Ordnance]
- Temporary Magazine Sergt./Temporary Magazine Sergeant
- Temporary Sub Conductor/Temporary Subordinate Conductor [R.A, Ordnance.]
- Transport Department
- Transport Officer
- Transport Sergt./Transport Sergeant
- Transport Sergt.-Maj./Transport Sergeant-Major
- Transport Service
- Troop Sergt./Troop Sergeant
- Troop Sergt.-Maj./Troop Sergeant-Major
- Trooper
- Trumpet Maj./Trumpet Major
- Trumpeter
- Unattached List [commanding a regt.]
- Unpassed Hospital Apprentice
- Upper Kurram Valley Bde./Upper Kurram Valley Brigade
- Vet. Surg./Veterinary Surgeon
- Victualing Sergt./Victualing Sergeant [Commissariat Department]
- Warrant Officer
- Wheeler [Artillery]
- Wheeler Bombardier [Artillery]
- Wheeler Corpl./Wheeler Corporal [Artillery]
- Wheeler Sergt./Wheeler Sergeant [Artillery]
- Wing Commander [Queen’s Own Corps of Guides]
